For those unfamiliar with the nickname, Tog (Bruce Tognazzini) is one of the original Macintosh UI designers and is still considered to be one of the finest authorities on UI design available today. After long avoiding posting an official review on OS X, he has finally done so in this …

I'm going to be putting the MacWorld Keynote up on the big screen on Tuesday at noon. Send me an email if you want to come. Most likely, it'll be streamed in via QuickTime.

Sick of hearing the accolades for Apple in 2003? Don't read this article from InfoWorld. Tom Yager gives the Apple G5, Panther, and Panther Server scores of 8.8, 9.2 and 9.3 respectively. For the G5, he likes the memory bandwidth and processing power, noting that for his …

And in the "I thought of that" category, we have the new product Intelliscanner Collector from Intelli Solutions. Many of you know that I've been keeping a large DVD collection (which replaced my large LD collection) for years and have a database that contains all of the information about my …

For those who like Python and AppleScript, AppScripting is now available which allows the use of normal Python mechanisms to control AppleScript.

FileVault is a feature added to Apple's OS X for the 10.3 (Panther) release to enable users (especially users of laptops) to encrypt their data to protect it from prying eyes. The folks at MacDevCenter have written a good article about the feature, what it is good for and …

MacMice has a very cool new mount for the iSight, called iFlex. Check it out!

Dueling articles between Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine (article) and Richard Forno, former Chief Security Officer at Network Solutions (article). The basic gist is that the PC Magazine article was basically a gloat by PC users that there was a vulnerability (fixed in the December update by Apple) found on …

MacMinute has an article that points at a video from Japan showing the line on the opening day at Apple's new Ginza store. The line is said to have 5,500 people in it at its peak. Not bad for a "fringe player".

Apple unleashed a flurry of new features and tweaks for the iPod and iTunes today. Among them are Windows iTunes, AOL integration, gift certificates, and allowances for iTunes; and voice recording and photo storage for the iPod. Here's the low-down: AOL Integration - AOL users can use their screennames and passwords …

Any good Macintosh übergeek will be at their local Apple Store (in the case of Northern Virginia, it'll have to be Clarendon, since the Tyson's store is closed for remodeling) on October 24 to fork over $129 for Panther. Of course, you may want to wait on the $129, but …

Apple released new versions of iCal and iSync yesterday that add a number of useful new features. The updates are both available from the Software Update panel in Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2), although iCal must be updated first and then iSync since there is a dependence on the …

According to an article from MacSlash, Trolltech has released a Macintosh version of QTopia Desktop (the synchronization and control software for the Zuarus).

Almost a week after the vulnerability was found, Apple Computer has now updated Mac OS X to fix the SSH problem on both client and server operating systems. The update is part of 10.2.8, a periodic maintenance update which, according to the tech note, includes a number of …

Not much other news will be reported today as I get the machine up and running and re-orient everything else. However, so far, so great. The machine is huge, weighing in at 58 lbs, but it is quiet -- requiring all of the other machines in my room to be turned …

A recent review of Apple's new G5 by PC Magazinegives the G5 4 out of 5 stars (although I can't find an explanation of why it wasn't 5). They liked the overall look, feel, and sound of the machine and after performing "real world" tests, claim that it is …

A thread on ArsTechnica places the Dual 2.0GHz G5 in the number one spot of tested machines running Adobe PhotoShop with a combined score of 547. This beats out its nearest competitor, the Dual Xeon 3GHz with a score of 488 and an 3.2GHz (800Mhz bus) Pentium 4 …

They have seen Apple's PowerBooks and they are good. According to benchmarks from barefeats, the new PowerBooks are beating the old ones in performance, despite the removal of the Level 3 cache. I won't go into everything, but the new video chip (ATI Radeon 9600) makes a huge difference in …

Although we have yet to see an OS X worm appear in the wild, and the operating system itself is pretty well guarded by virtue of it not having many network services turned on by default, the risk to Macintosh users has just gone up. Making the rounds recently is …

In the first test that I've seen involving fluid dynamics simulations, xlr8yourmac has published a benchmark done by a knowledgeable user who has used the top of the line Fortran compilers and compared single-processor G4, G5, Itanium, Xeon, and Cray X1 processors. The G5 starts out a little weak (beating …